Keep in mind that it was 400,000JPY for one speaker, not for a pair (of course, still no match for GF-1 in price). They also had dedicated stands made from Padauk (and finished with walnut to match the speakers) that sold for 200,000JPY for a pair.
I use DMT Diafolds. I used to have DMT's benchstones, but I wasn't using them often enough to justify keeping them (read - expensive) so I sold them. One thing with DMT sharpeners are that they do take off metal quicker than more traditional stones/sharpeners.
Coarse/Extra-coarse works well when I've had to thin the edge on some knives.
It's got a lot of horns for a Unicorn.
It looks great, Al and I definitely like the way your setup looks now better with two racks.
Incidentally, the first pic looks as though there are tubes sticking out from front of the unit.
Did some cleaning around the house. Then started ripping some old scratched up CDs that I've been neglecting, only to find out that my iMac's drive can't handle reading/ripping these scratched up CDs.
I don't know if it's my particular drive or common thing among iMacs, but my MacBook is reading/ripping the same CDs just fine.
All of them - bottom of the blade where it's not beveled and sharpened hit the finger before the actual edge.
The big problem I've had with linerlocks is that they don't always properly engage.
Really? Maybe it's my usage pattern - I've had linerlock on knives from Benchmade, Spyderco, and another maker that I can't remember right now fail on me.
For my money, I'd always take a plain edge - it's more versatile and useful in my experience.
Combo edge on a blade that long just makes it hard to use either edge effectively.
EDIT - One more thing - I will always trust a backlock over a linerlock. I've yet to have a backlock fail on me under regular use.
My EDC is Spyderco Calypso Jr. I'm glad that they've revived the lineup (especially since I really should replace my Calypso Jr soon), but I'm not happy that they're more expensive now.